Chapter 1051 Dominate La Liga?
Chinatown's first match in 2014 took place at the Arnoeta Stadium in Real Sociedad.
In the whole first half, Real Sociedad performed quite well and had a very strong defense. Igor Martinez showed his strength when facing his old club, not inferior to Varane and Godin at all.
Coupled with the outstanding performance of goalkeeper Bravo, Chinatown, although firmly controlled the ball, it never broke through Real Sociedad's goal until the stoppage time in the first half.
Seeing that the game was about to end, Chinatown launched its last attack. After reaching the frontcourt, it knocked back to the front of the penalty area. Ilia Lamendi suddenly inserted and shot directly, pierced through Bravo's goal, opening the first record for Chinatown.
This Spanish player, who was born in Real Sociedad's youth training camp, also performed very well when facing his old club.
After the second half of the game changed sides, Chinatown continued to maintain its momentum in the first half.
In the 66th minute, another player from Real Sociedad Youth Training Camp, Griezmann also scored a goal to prove his strength in front of his old club.
After leading by two goals, Real Sociedad's defense began to loosen. Although he made consecutive substitutions, he still failed to stabilize.
Varane and Morata's two goals helped Chinatown take away a four-to-zero victory from the away game.
Such a victory shocked the entire La Liga.
But in this round of the game, Atletico Madrid, Barcelona, Valencia and Real Madrid also beat their opponents completely and continued to maintain pressure on Chinatown.
Three days later, the King's Cup 16 knockout round.
Chinatown conducted a large rotation and challenged Valencia away, and the two sides finally tied a one-to-one draw.
Midfielder Pogba scored in the 72nd minute, but Postiga equalized in the final stoppage time.
Return to La Liga and usher in the 19th round.
Chinatown was once again scheduled to be held at noon, with Almeria's opponent, and the game time was earlier than other teams.
As a result, at Block Stadium, Hazard assisted Isco to score a goal just six minutes into the game.
In the eleventh minute, Griezmann assisted Veratti to win another goal.
In the 30th minute, Griezmann took the opportunity to take the corner kick and assisted Varane to score the third goal.
Although Almeria scored a goal later, Chinatown was unstoppable in the second half. Hazard scored a goal first, and then Firmino scored twice, eventually helping Chinatown to break Almeria 6-1 at home.
This is a hearty victory, whether it is the score, the on-court process, or the data in the game.
But what surprised Chinatown even more was that on the night of this game, Atletico Madrid drew with Barcelona 0-0 at home. After 90 minutes of hard fighting, neither of them scored.
It was this draw that caused both Atletico Madrid and Barcelona to lose both sides, widening the gap between the points with Chinatown to four points, while Zidane's team only lost one game this season.
Interestingly, this game happened to be a loss to Atletico Madrid.
On January 15th, the second leg of the Cup of Rey.
After ninety minutes of hard fighting, Chinatown finally defeated Valencia 2-0 with goals from Pogba and Godin.
After the two rounds of matches, the total score was 3-1, and Chinatown successfully advanced to the quarterfinals.
And this time, Chinatown was lucky and won the Santander Athletics, which was relegated continuously.
On January 18th, the 20th round of La Liga matches.
Barcelona drew 1-1 against Levante away, and Atletico Madrid drew 1-1 against Sevilla at home.
But Chinatown defeated Valladolid again four-two at home, further widening the lead to more than six points.
Real Madrid also won 5-0 away games, continuing to chase Barcelona and Atletico Madrid.
The unstoppable performance after the winter break in Chinatown shocked everyone.
But what is even more surprising is that the strong dominance and stable state of this team in La Liga has been as stable as a mountain after Barcelona and Atletico Madrid exposed problems one after another.
Could it be that Chinatown will dominate La Liga this season?
The situation seems to be confirming media speculation.
After playing the 20th round of La Liga, Chinatown ushered in the quarterfinals of the King's Cup.
In the two rounds, facing the low-level Santander Athletics, Chinatown defeated Santander Athletics with a 3-1 and a 3-0 away game, with a total score of 6-1.
Zidane still beat his opponents with a substitute lineup, and Chinatown performed quite well.
What's even more rare is that in the middle of the two games, in the 21st round of La Liga, Chinatown defeated Osasuna five-to-one away.
The entire La Liga was exclaiming that Chinatown was unstoppable.
Especially Real Madrid coach Pellegrini, who was the first to bear the brunt, said in an interview with the media that Chinatown is already one of the most powerful teams in La Liga before challenging Chinatown away in the 22nd round.
From his words, it is not difficult to see his admiration for Chinatown, and put Real Madrid in a relatively weak position.
But in the game, after an hour of hard fighting between the two sides, young player Hesse took the lead in scoring a goal for Chinatown, and Firmino won another goal eight minutes later. In the 75th minute, Diego Costa's red card made Real Madrid desperate.
In the end, Chinatown defeated Real Madrid 2-0 and won another victory.
In this round, Barcelona lost to Valencia 2-3 at home, while Atletico Madrid defeated his opponent four-zero home.
At this point, the competitive landscape of La Liga has become a competition between Chinatown and Atletico Madrid, and the points gap between the two teams remains at six points.
On February 5, the King's Cup semi-finals staged a wonderful and powerful dialogue.
Chinatown defeated Barcelona 2-0 at home, while Atletico Madrid defeated Real Madrid 1-0 at home.
These two wins are also seen as a sign of the reshuffle of the La Liga strength pattern.
But after returning to the La Liga and ushering in the 23rd round, Chinatown finally stopped its winning streak, and was tied by Vigo Celta away from home.
Luis Enrique adopted a reinforced concrete defense similar to the Serie A game in this pizza, and did not allow Chinatown to take a slight advantage. Both sides were forced to shake hands with zero or zero.
Coincidentally, Atletico Madrid, another team that won the semi-finals of the Copa RE, was also defeated in this round, and was upset by Almeria 0-2 away.
On the contrary, the two teams that lost the semi-finals of the Copa del Rey, Barcelona beat Sevilla four-one away, and Real Madrid defeated Villarreal four-two at home.
This is related to the focus of the two giant teams, after all, they are more concerned about the performance of the league.
So three days later, Atletico Madrid drew 0-0 away with Real Madrid, while Chinatown drew 1-1 away with Barcelona, and the two teams joined hands to enter the Copa del Rey final.
This is also the first time in history that Chinatown reached the Copa del Rey final.
But just when the festive season of reaching the finals had not yet completely retreated, Chinatown lost to Espanyol 1-2 at home.
Sergio Garcia opened the first record for Espanyol just six minutes into the opening game, and Chinatown once equalized the score, but a corner kick from Simao helped Espanyol beat Chinatown away.
This is also Chinatown's second defeat this season, and it also has a draw and a loss in the last two rounds.
After the 24th round, Chinatown's lead was narrowed to four points, Barcelona, Real Madrid and Atletico Madrid were both 60 points, while Real Madrid had 56 points, ranking fourth.
From the previous momentum to the two consecutive rounds of unwinding, Chinatown encountered its first crisis after the winter break.
On the contrary, Barcelona performed very well in two consecutive rounds, first defeating Sevilla four-to-one away, and then defeating Vallecano 6-0 at home. Martino's team showed a very brave momentum.
This also makes people very worried, knowing when the leader of Chinatown will be pulled down by Barcelona.
Not to mention the media reporters and fans outside, but also the inside of Chinatown, people's hearts are also floating.
In this case, Gao Han first summoned Cantalero, Zidane, Sergio Garcia and others to study the problems currently facing the team, and then he rarely publicly accepted an interview with a reporter from Maca.
During the interview, Gao Han affirmed the team's current achievements.
"There is no doubt that we have achieved the best results in history under the coaching of Zidane this season. After the 24th round, we are still ranked first in La Liga, losing two games and drawing one. Such a result is definitely impeccable."
"Of course, no team is perfect. As the youngest team in La Liga, we will also expose some problems after many consecutive rounds of games, especially in the past, when we fought in the league and the King's Cup, we were under a lot of pressure, but I am full of confidence in the head coach and the players."
"I know very well that this is normal. The team's condition will always go through peaks and troughs. It is not a big deal to lose two rounds. Not only us, but other teams will also encounter such problems sooner or later."
"Anyway, I firmly believe that after adjustments, the team will soon recover under the leadership of head coach Zidane."
Gao Han came forward at this time and played a role in stabilizing the morale of the army.
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Zidane also quickly cooperated with Gao Han. At the pre-match press conference, he expressed confidently that the team will continue to stick to its own pace and plan and continue to advance together on multiple fronts.
After more than half a year of training, Zidane has obviously become more confident and even more domineering.
In addition to Gao Han and Zidane, many core players, including captain De Gea, also came forward to express their attitude and firmly believed that the team could adjust quickly and get out of adversity.
Sure enough, La Liga 25th round.
Real Madrid defeated Elche 3-0 at home, but Barcelona lost to Real Sociedad away 1-3, while Atletico Madrid was even worse, and lost to Osasuna away 0-3.
The defensive weaknesses of the Bedsheets Legion were fully exposed, and Simeone was also very dissatisfied with the team's performance.
Chinatown reversed the slump in the past two rounds, defeating Athletic Bilbao 2-0 away.
After this round of battle, Chinatown's leading advantage once again expanded to seven points.
Real Madrid quickly narrowed the gap between Barcelona and Atletico Madrid by one point with this victory.
The competition in La Liga has become fierce again.
Is Chinatown going to continue to lead all the way? Or is the three traditional giants staged a counterattack again?
At this moment, the news of the coach selection group far away in China also reached Gao Han.
The new head coach of the Chinese national team has finally been born.
Chapter completed!